There are lots of things I never considered making before, turning instead to the conveniently bottled versions. Salad dressings, mayonnaise, etc. Some of them I still buy bottled – mayonnaise – and some I make from scratch at home – salad dressings. One of these condiments that I recently tried to make from scratch was homemade Teriyaki sauce. It was so super easy and good, it made me wonder why I didn’t think to make it from scratch earlier!!

This homemade teriyaki sauce makes a thicker sauce that the bottled sauce, so it would be good served on top of something, but I used it as a marinade. I was going to use it on some grilled kabobs, but ended up throwing it in with some chicken breasts, letting it marinade overnight, then grilling the chicken. Along with the chicken, my husband grilled some fresh pineapple, which is my favorite way to eat pineapple! We also ate the chicken with some rice, and it was a delicious, filling dinner.

This homemade teriyaki sauce recipe only takes minutes to make, and tastes a lot better than the jarred sauce. This sauce is great just served as a sauce alongside your favorite meats as well as a marinade. I love that it is so versatile!

I think that I’ll be having more Asian inspired meals soon just so that I can make this recipe again!

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We seem to be very similar in taht there are loads of things that I do not buy ready. I just went through the list of the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce and it does seem pretty simple. I will try to make it as well – got encouraged by your post.

I haven’t had teriyaki in a while, but was scanning the bottles in Whole Foods yesterday, looking at the combos. I’m right with you on the “make your own” and have gotten into the habit of checking out the descriptions on the labels of bottles in the store to get new ideas. Yours sounds yummy. Especially in the weather we’re having. Great for the BBQ.

This turned out so yummy and was super easy to make. It also saved my rear end when the steaks weren’t completely thawed and I had to rethink my dinner plans. I sliced the partially frozen steaks thin and added this fabulous sauce and served it on a bed of rice with veggies. It was a total success!

This sauce is amazing! I just made it today, and it’s all the yumminess, and no saltiness that store-bought sauce offers. I was impressed with the amount of sauce this yields, I used less than half to marinade my tofu for tonight’s stir fry.
I usually don’t buy teriyaki sauce anymore because of the price and the saltiness/sodium content. It will be nice to have yummy teriyaki in the house!

We usually go through it in a week or less, but I’m guessing it would last for awhile in the refrigerator. I haven’t tried canning it or freezing it, so I’m afraid I couldn’t tell you how well it would work. Sorry!

I found this recipe on food.com ( as you noted) – I follow it which just has powdered garlic vs fresh, and it is delicious !! I’ve been making my own for about a year, this is a serious keeper recipe and an awesome staple to have on hand to use in a quick stir fry ( whatever veg you happen to have on hand) stir fried with rice, add chicken or steak …I’ve used up left over BBQ steak, finely sliced it the next day, did a quick pan fry with this teriyaki, added some chopped mushrooms, over rice, or broccoli…I also really love doing a quick stir fry of cabbage, a little broccoli , few shaved carrots, then sitfry chicken and add a ton of white mushrooms …to serve I layer it ( like the fast food places in the mall) white rice on the bottom of the bowl, topped with the cabbage mix, then the chicken mushroom mix and then top with the teriyaki…soooo good! Well. There are a few of my personal favs for using this truly awesome sauce/merinade!

My husband was skeptical and wanted me to use the store bought jar. I went ahead and made this and he raved! So this is now my go to teriyaki sauce. Excellent flavour! I added a bit to my rice cooker while cooking my rice. Delicious!

Deborah, you saved my dinner the other night! I will never buy teriyaki from the store again:)
My family and I have started a new adventure called the Real Food Adventure. Basically, getting away from processed food and eating only real foods! I’m blogging about it and shared your recipe when I ran into a hurdle with my store bought sauce.

This is very good and easy to make. I made it and kept it in fridge so I just needed to saute the beef and mix with this Teriyaki sauce for a very quick cook… even my husband can do it !! Thank you very much for sharing…

I have made this Teriyaki sauce a couple of times now. I use gluten free soy sauce due to dietary restrictions and it has a fantastic taste, my husband who has no restrictions likes it as well. I recommend it for anyone.

I have just made your recipe for teriyaki sauce to use as a sauce over shredded pork to be served over rice. I have about 5 pounds of pork and I made 3 times the sauce recipe or 4 1/2 cups. I know it depends on personal preference but do you think that’s enough sauce? I don’t want the meat swimming in sauce but just need to moisten and flavor the somewhat dry pork. That you for a great tasting recipe and for your advice.

This is delicious. I had a small 6 oz can of pineapple juice that I added 2 oz water to it, to have the 8 oz liquid. I only used 2 tbsp honey since I had the sweetness of pineapple. Added some red pepper flakes to spice it up some and had a wonderful steak strips with onion, broccoli & thin carrots served over rice.
Thank you for this wonderful recipe!!

Wanted to try making my own teriyaki sauce and this recipe had 4.5 stars so I went for it! It is so delicious. I halved the sugar and honey content and increased the ginger and garlic by a tad, and I find it perfect. So thankful for such a simple and customizable recipe!! Any idea how long this will keep in the fridge in a sealed container (I assume it should be kept refrigerated)?

This was just super yum! I was planning Korean beef for dinner and opened a jar of store bought sauce which smelled and tastes awful. Your recipe totally saved the day and my other half loved it too. Tonight I’m using it for teriyaki salmon with noodles. Thank you! 🙂

Thanks so much for this recipe! I’ve been wanting to make teriyaki tempeh ever since I went to a restaurant and had a teriyaki tempeh sandwich. It was delicious! So this past weekend I bought the tempeh, but forgot to buy the teriyaki sauce. Today, I decided it was time to make the tempeh so I jumped online and found your teriyaki recipe. It was sooooo easy, but good! I put just a drop of sesame oil in a little bit of it just to see what it would taste like. It was good, too! My husband prefers liquid aminos over soy sauce so when I send him to the store, that’s what he comes back with, so I sub’d the soy sauce with liquid aminos. It was a little salty, but so good! I actually told a friend about it today when he said he was making teriyaki chicken. I told him he had to try this recipe! Will definitely be making this again! Thanks!

Thank you for this great recipe! Absolutely fabulous! If someone has a problem with the high sodium content in soy sauce, try BRAGG LIQUID AMINOS. It is an all purpose seasoning from Soy Protein. It is a natural soy sauce alternative with only 6% sodium, gluten-free, NON-GMO, and contains no preservatives. My sister has a problem with the high sodium content in a lot of foods so I try to use only no sodium or low sodium ingredients when I am preparing her dinners. My grocery store carries it and the manager said most grocery stores should carry it. It has the same great soy sauce taste without the sodium, gluten, GMO’s, and preservatives.

PS: I do not work for this company but wanted to share this information in case someone has a high sensitivity to the usual ingredients in store bought soy sauces. Again, thank you for this great recipe!

This recipe was great for my late night need for teriyaki sauce. I had made some chicken kebabs and only after they were made did I realize that there wasn’t any teriyaki sauce in my pantry. Fortunately, I had everything to make this, I just needed to combine them and let it thicken. It was so quick and easy to make AND it tastes absolutely delicious. I didn’t have a clove of garlic so I ended up putting in garlic powder, and I used dark brown sugar as well as a reduced sodium soy sauce. To me this teriyaki sauce is perfect. I don’t think I’ll ever want to go buy teriyaki sauce from shelves anymore.

Hopefully it thickened up for you. It should thicken up pretty quickly with the cornstarch, so you might want to do a quick double check to make sure the quantities you added were correct. Hopefully it all worked out!

I have to give the recipe 5 stars, if I could give more I would. I have never left a comment on a recipe before, but I had to for this one. Everyone in the house loved this sauce, I made it yesterday for a recipe, now I’m making it again for another recipe!

I have used this recipe, with my tweeks for taste, many times, both in the Crockpot (slow cooker) & in the oven, & on b/s chicken thighs & breasts & on bone-in/skin- on thighs. I also add a bit of sesame oil, but very little, maybe a 1/4 teaspoon, because it will overpower other flavors. I also add a teaspoon, or more to taste, of seasoned rice wine vinegar. I always taste & tweek, as some like a sweeter sauce & some like it more savory with additional soy, garlic & ginger. This is an excellent base from which to start!

I made this for my family with a tofu stir fry and everyone wanted seconds! I used arrowroot powder, coconut sugar, fresh ginger and agave nectar as substitutes and it was fabulous. The sauce was definitely dark and thick and delicious!

Great sauce, and it’s now a go to for a quick and easy dinner in my apartment. Only thing I modified is slightly less brown sugar. 2-3 tablespoons seemed to do the trick as 5 was just to sweet for myself.

I made this recipe and it turned out perfect! I added 1/8 tsp of crushed red pepper to give it a kick. It’s so much better than store bought. This will now be my go to recipe for this sauce. Thanks for sharing it.